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Changes include prohibiting the supply and sale of plastic straws, cutlery, plates, drink-stirrers and cotton bud sticks, bringing Victoria into line with most other states.

Environment secretary sets lower 10-year objective for cleaner air but researchers say their goal is reachable with stronger action

The presenter lives in one of the most polluted boroughs in the capital

Take a walk or drive through the streets of most Nigerian cities, and you will see plastic waste everywhere. The country’s rivers, lakes and ocean are also full of discarded plastic. Nigeria is estimated to generate about 2.5 million tonnes of plastic waste annually. Plastic accounts for 15% of the…

Report finds ‘relatively small group’ of rich people contribute disproportionately to emissions

The worst-polluting buses, coaches, taxis, and HGVs are now subject to daily tolls of up to £50 to drive into or through Newcastle city centre

Monday marked the start of the new Clean Air Zone tolls, but some councillors worry that the measures will make their areas a new pollution hotspot

After months of legal battles, Ulez now extends to London’s borders with Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, and Surrey

Sadiq Khan says ultra-low emission zone will be expanded across whole of city in August despite legal threats